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CapriRacer
Explorer II
Feb 07, 2012

Revived Trailer Tire Thread (formerly on the 5th Wheel Forum

OK, I'll try this again but with a different tack. I am of the opinion that ST tires should have a 15% reserve capacity (85% of the load at a given pressure) in order to be reasonably sure they wo...
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Francesca_Knowl
Explorer
Mar 05, 2012
You know, there may be something that we actually COULD do...

Rather than concentrate on reporting past failures, we could complain about non compliance with the standard wherever we detect it- whether we own the rig or not.

I'm thinking along the lines of looking at the actual equipment here and there, as Fasteagle has done, then reporting any "discrepancies" to the NHTSA...

Might not do anybody any good that already owns a trailer, but at least we'd be contributing to a database for future owners!

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